Thanks, Bob!
On Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 04:59:34 PM CDT, Lucy & Bob Email via groups.io <robertaduncan...> wrote:
Hi all,
Birding has been really disappointing the last couple of days just as migration should be picking up. West Indian migrants should have been seen in better numbers than have been reported. This is not surprising given the weather situation. The controlling factor is weather, especially wind. Yesterday brisk NE & E winds extended into the southern Gulf and northern West Indies, not good for bringing birds up this way. Today, brisk E winds prevail in that area and even if birds were flying, they would be vectored to our west, especially trans-Gulf migrants if any were aloft. This is also reflected in Bird Cast forecasts for tonight and the next two nights
Winds are forecast to veer to the SE tomorrow, so migration may resume. But rain, the key ingredient for bringing birds down at our migrant traps, will be limited at best and probably be confined to the mainland if it occurs Wednesday as predicted. Maybe we will get lucky and the weak upper level trough passing across the lower South will strengthen and give us a better chance of rain. Rain chances diminish after that and the 20 - 30% predicted for the following days would probably be in the interior. Fingers crossed!
Good birding,
Bob DuncanGulf Breeze, FL
